Aquatic Resource Area Summary Polygon (Spatial View)

Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83"

Abstract:

This data set is a polygon feature that can be used to describe the physical characteristics and fish species of lakes, rivers, or streams. This data set can also be used to link to more detailed external fish survey information for that waterbody.

Aquatic Resource Area (ARA) Polygon (and ARA Line) spatially represent ARA Summary via a unique ID. Since spatial information does not exist for ARA Summary, edits can only be made to attribute information. The ARA Line and ARA Summary data classes can be downloaded from the Portal via the following records:

Aquatic Resource Area Summary Line (Spatial View)

Aquatic Resource Area Summary

The information in ARA Summary is based on a combination of many sources, including ARA Survey Point information. A body of water should have one record containing ARA summary information and may have zero to many ARA Survey Point data locations, the data of which may have been rolled up into the ARA Summary information. The ARA Summary and Survey Point layers are linked through use of the 'ARA Identifier' attribute. The ARA Survey Point data class can be downloaded from the Portal via the following record:

Aquatic Resource Area Survey Point

Supplementary tables can be used and are available for download from the additional documentation section.

The Aquatic Resource Area (ARA) data classes are the authoritative source of generic fisheries spatial data in Ontario. The Aquatic Resource Area data classes provide fisheries information for fisheries management, municipal planning, forest management planning, natural heritage and other landuse planning, issuance of work permits under the Public Lands Act, issuance of licenses under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, and fulfillment of public information requests.

Dataset Language: eng; CAN

Status: onGoing

Update Frequency: asNeeded

Spatial Representation Type: vector

Extent

West Longitude: -95.160711

East Longitude: -74.320109

North Latitude: 56.856693

South Latitude: 41.676556

Supplemental Information:

Additional Time Period Information: Data layer was implemented spring 2009. It is anticipated that data will be added to this class on an ongoing basis. Horizontal: Approximate: +/- 500 m, Vertical: Not Applicable.